azureglo
TDPRI Member
I can spend up to 6-8 hours a day sat at this,
with a guitar in my lap as I work through parts, loops, SFX et al , frequently crouching over to get to the control surface and keyboard(s). Teles are the perfect tracking guitars ( ask any Motown or Stax player) with lumpy bodies that dig into my ribs when reaching over them and a nice dent in my right foreman after a couple of hours…
So made a shopping list;
Limba Contoured Telecaster
and here we are finally:
Ultra light white Limba body means all up weight of 6lb 3oz…compare that to a standard back breaking pine log.
Low profile bridge, makes palm muting far more comfortable,
Fine sounding Tonerider Alnico 2, perfect for my studio/session work, I don’t chug ( guitars or beer), or shred out shrieking solos so just the job for me.
Does this make a difference? Who knows, it looks impressive…
Reversed controls plus simple three way toggle, pretty much my standard set up ( see here and here) so changing guitars during tracking doesn’t cause confusion.
Rube Goldberg Gotoh rotating saddles, do they work? According to my Peterson strobe, yes, marginally.
Custom cut pickguard goes some way to hide the gap caused by Strat neck,
Interesting finish, auto 2 pack gloss went down super hard and glossy, after multiple coats of sanding sealer but the very porous White Limba means the grain is still very visible. Was going slather on more clear for that Far East entombed-in-gloss mirror finish but decided I like the “natural” look of this as it is. For now.
As for the cosmetics, I grew up with the 70s with natural/stripped guitars phase and far prefer the look of simple, natural wood grain to gaudy solid colours, faked relics, blues lawyer grade AAAA flamed sunbursts etc. so equally happy with the aesthetic side. YMMV.
Despite my new obsession with this beastie,
I’m mightily pleased with this, have used it on two jobs this week: a K-Pop soul style middle 8 and a funk loop for German producer : sounded and played faultlessly. This is now my main writing and tracking guitar and fits me like a glove.
As for the CV60s Strat neck, its profile and gloss of the 60s CV Strat/Tele neck that are the most important part of this guitar and I just happen to have more CV Strat than Tele necks currently and TBH, I much prefer the headstock shape of the Strat but it’s really all about the neck profile, thickness and finish: I rarely look at the headstock when I’m on a paying job (apart from tuning
)…
Overall, my dream guitar turns out to be a very pleasurable reality, after a whole day of tracking, I barely noticed it had been on my lap for almost 6 hours…
And all together, my sit down, studio and session guitars that go from stock vintage tele to full on “rawk”, all with the same neck attributes : narrow/thin profile, scale length and gloss finish. Happiness.
TBH I really should also have a Tele bridge with Strat neck pickup combo and preferably, Jerry Donahue switching but that would mean tracking down one of those fancy schmancy Mega switches like this…
with a guitar in my lap as I work through parts, loops, SFX et al , frequently crouching over to get to the control surface and keyboard(s). Teles are the perfect tracking guitars ( ask any Motown or Stax player) with lumpy bodies that dig into my ribs when reaching over them and a nice dent in my right foreman after a couple of hours…
So made a shopping list;
- Stock 2 Pickup Tele layout with low output A2 pickups
- Forearm and ribcage contours
- Light, having an anchor on your right knee for hours is no fun
- Reversed control layout, I use the volume a lot to dial in the perfect sound through assorted DIs, preamps & modellers
- Classic Vibe 60s thin, glossy neck,
Limba Contoured Telecaster
and here we are finally:
Ultra light white Limba body means all up weight of 6lb 3oz…compare that to a standard back breaking pine log.
Low profile bridge, makes palm muting far more comfortable,
Fine sounding Tonerider Alnico 2, perfect for my studio/session work, I don’t chug ( guitars or beer), or shred out shrieking solos so just the job for me.
Does this make a difference? Who knows, it looks impressive…
Reversed controls plus simple three way toggle, pretty much my standard set up ( see here and here) so changing guitars during tracking doesn’t cause confusion.
Rube Goldberg Gotoh rotating saddles, do they work? According to my Peterson strobe, yes, marginally.
Custom cut pickguard goes some way to hide the gap caused by Strat neck,
Interesting finish, auto 2 pack gloss went down super hard and glossy, after multiple coats of sanding sealer but the very porous White Limba means the grain is still very visible. Was going slather on more clear for that Far East entombed-in-gloss mirror finish but decided I like the “natural” look of this as it is. For now.
As for the cosmetics, I grew up with the 70s with natural/stripped guitars phase and far prefer the look of simple, natural wood grain to gaudy solid colours, faked relics, blues lawyer grade AAAA flamed sunbursts etc. so equally happy with the aesthetic side. YMMV.
Despite my new obsession with this beastie,
I’m mightily pleased with this, have used it on two jobs this week: a K-Pop soul style middle 8 and a funk loop for German producer : sounded and played faultlessly. This is now my main writing and tracking guitar and fits me like a glove.
As for the CV60s Strat neck, its profile and gloss of the 60s CV Strat/Tele neck that are the most important part of this guitar and I just happen to have more CV Strat than Tele necks currently and TBH, I much prefer the headstock shape of the Strat but it’s really all about the neck profile, thickness and finish: I rarely look at the headstock when I’m on a paying job (apart from tuning
)…Overall, my dream guitar turns out to be a very pleasurable reality, after a whole day of tracking, I barely noticed it had been on my lap for almost 6 hours…
And all together, my sit down, studio and session guitars that go from stock vintage tele to full on “rawk”, all with the same neck attributes : narrow/thin profile, scale length and gloss finish. Happiness.
TBH I really should also have a Tele bridge with Strat neck pickup combo and preferably, Jerry Donahue switching but that would mean tracking down one of those fancy schmancy Mega switches like this…
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